Freudian Psychology Sigmund Freud- a Physician- studied psychiatry Used close and detailed observation of medical science Used very careful logic- in many ways he was old fashioned Deeply influenced by ideas of evolution Used Hypnosis for cases of hysteria The Unconscious Found people experienced relief by recalling forgotten events under hypnosis The recollection itself was crucial Most troublesome desires/ what people are conflicted over Found a way to ease this Split into two groups ego and the superego The ego tries to channel and control- directed to do so by the superego Mental life-Tension between the id and the superego Psychoanalysis The name that he gave to his body of theory and his therapeutic technique Wanted analysts not to pass judgments on patients but help them discover themselves He considered whatever was considered real to the psyche important: dreams, slips of the tongue were considered serious expressions of psychic conflict Wider Implications In the 1920’s his discoveries gained more public recognition. Encouraged literary and personal introspection Childhood is the most important phase in life
Freudian Psychology
Sigmund Freud- a Physician- studied psychiatry
Used close and detailed observation of medical science
Used very careful logic- in many ways he was old fashioned
Deeply influenced by ideas of evolution
Used Hypnosis for cases of hysteria
The Unconscious
Found people experienced relief by recalling forgotten events under hypnosis
The recollection itself was crucial
Most troublesome desires/ what people are conflicted over
Found a way to ease this
Split into two groups ego and the superego
The ego tries to channel and control- directed to do so by the superego
Mental life-Tension between the id and the superego
Psychoanalysis
The name that he gave to his body of theory and his therapeutic technique
Wanted analysts not to pass judgments on patients but help them discover themselves
He considered whatever was considered real to the psyche important: dreams, slips of the tongue were considered serious expressions of psychic conflict
Wider Implications
In the 1920’s his discoveries gained more public recognition.
Encouraged literary and personal introspection
Childhood is the most important phase in life